Beer: Ratings & Reviews

Reviews by pbrian:

A very enjoyable beer. A good balance between sweet, crystal malts and mellow low-alpha hops. If you're turned off by the Ringwood profile you won't like this beer, but I think it works well with this beer, finishing the beer dry and bitter after a sweetish start.

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Nice almost glowing red appearance, good clarity, good color, thin head. Aroma was irish moss and sweet malt that tends to be frequent in reds.

Good dry crispness to it, makes me think those green Washington apples, ample sweetness. Would liked to have seen a bigger hop presence, even if not being in line with a traditional red. Ended up getting a little pase and thin towards the end. Liked the first 6oz. more than the last. Would like to see an amped up version, more caramel, more hops, more substance, but it does the trick if you like a traditional red.

Bright and clear bronze body. Just a touch of haze. Compacted chalky white head sticks all the way down.
Earthy, hoppy nose. Carmel peeks out around the edges.
Solid carmel/toffee malt backdrop, with some interesting layers. Turns some what fruity, in a pear-like sense. Doughy towards the middle, all the way through the finish. Buttery and nutty hues settle in the the later half. Hops finish this with some organic, earthy, grassy tones. Hints of tea afterwards.
Medium bodied, light but consistantly carbonated.
Nice amber. Sure to provide a good session.

As it breathes away in the glass, a cloudless amber to copper color, with a modest head that vanishes leaving behind a fine sheet of lace to cover the glass. Mostly malt in the nose, some caramel candy tones and pleasant enough, with the start cloyingly sweet and the top skeletal in mouth feel. Finish noblely hopped, also bitingly acidic, dry aftertaste, drinkable but offers little to me.

Poured on tap into a pounder pint. It is a typical red amber hue. Filtered with a nice thick creamy head that stays as long as you allow it. It has a nice caramel malt sweet nose. Flavors are rich caramel malts, many malts, with a creamy wet mouth feel. Overall this is a great representation of its category. On par with Mac and jacks amber and a new favorite.

Thick off - white and persistent head. Dark bronze / light - red hue and fairly clear. Very light earthy Willamette hop nose along w/ a sweet caramel malt aroma. Hop bitterness is moderate for an Amber and allow for the toasted, biscuit malt flavors dominate the flavor. Smooth mouthfeel w/ a dextrinous body. Finishes quite nutty and a touch bitter. This is a definitive "American Red Ale." Not a showstopper, but highly drinkable with enough depth of flavor to appeal to many types of beer drinkers.

(at brewery, from notes) Good amber red color. Very nice malt character with moderate amount of caramel flavor. Good hop bite. Hops balance very well with the malt. Very enjoyable and luckily available in bottles at the brewery

Bottle purchased from Huckleberry's in Spokane. Poured an orangy-amber color, slightly cloudy looking when held up to the light. Modest white head that fled within a couple of minutes, though a nice, foamy ring endured. Nice lacing on my glass. The nose is primarily sweet malts. Elements of caramel and mild fruitiness are notable. Taste is of caramel and a little bit of pear and apple fruitiness, with a nice, crisp dry finish. Not really being an afficionado of red ales, I'm not certain of how faithful this is to the style, but it strikes me as a nice beer to quaff, and I think it would make an excellent session beer.

A: It poured a bright amber with an off-white head that produced a rich curtain of lacing.

S: It emitted a strong aroma of sweet fruity lightly toasted malts and a moderately floral hop aroma that was hidden by the smell of the malts.

T: It was dominated by lightly toasted and sweet malts that were light and not sticky. It had a good balance between the malts and hops such that neither were overpowering and the hops provided a citrusy zest to the brew rather than a bitter or sour flavor.

M: It was light to medium bodied with a sweet tangy presence in the mouth and a clean crisp aftertaste.

Runaway Red packs a luscious fruit basket aroma thats chock full of strawberry, cherry, raspberry fruit leather, and just a bit of Kool Aide and bubblegum. Similarly, the taste has red fruits everywhere with only nominal (25 IBU) bittering and minimal CO2.

The color is hypnotic crimson with deep clarity. But my pint couldnt offer any head or lace to speak of, which is a shame. That kind of detailing would push this one a little higher in the ranks. Still, Runaways taste is precisely what I believe a red ales should be. Very nice.